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to give an oral or written account of in some detail
- a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan
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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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